Meaning of GUMBO

Pronunciation:

'gumbow

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WordNet Dictionary

Definition:

[n] a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

[n] long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

[n] tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

[n] any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water